What is one approach to coping that is used by many families who have a family member addicted to drugs or alcohol?
a. The family does not function but disintegrates.
b. The family functions around the ill person.
c. The family reorganizes, excluding the ill person from the family.
d. The family tries desperately to function exactly as before.
ANS: C
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